01/09/2014

Time for this guy to get an NFL head coaching job

How you project yourself trumps all, even in a results-oriented business like the NFL. But we may finally be on the precipice of a good man getting his shot, despite his sometimes gruff appearance.

There is no way else to explain why former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator, and current Cincy Bengals DC, Mike Zimmer remains without a chance to become an NFL head coach. It makes no sense, other than he must completely bomb in interviews.

When Zimmer went to the Bengals seven years ago, he took arguably the hardest route possible to become an NFL head coach. Since he came to the Bengals, the defense has become one of the NFL's best. The team makes the playoffs. They are relevant, something they had not been for more than a decade.

His thinking was if they had some success, he would get his shot. Despite interviewing in the past for other jobs, he never landed the job.

He is not a PR machine, but after 20 years as an assistant or a coordinator he can coach professional football. The man has earned his chance to run his own store.